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RSC ADVANCES
Volume 5, Issue 3, Pages 2285-2291Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c4ra11704b
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- Ministry of Science & Technology (MOST) [NSC 98-2113M-002-011-MY3]
- National Taiwan Health Research Institutes Taiwan [NHRI-EX100-10047NI]
- Institute of Nuclear Energy Research [1002001INER082]
- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University
- MOST [101-R-4000, NSC 101-2113-M-002-002-MY3]
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We have developed a simple assay for the sensing of cobalt ions (Co2+), based on the analyte induced photoluminescence (PL) quenching of carbon dots (C-dots). The C-dots (mean diameter 3.6 +/- 0.3 nm) prepared from L-cysteine through a simple hydrothermal process at 300 degrees C for 2 h have a quantum yield of 13.2%. The C-dots have strong blue PL with a maximum PL intensity at 395 nm under an excitation wavelength of 325 nm. Through the reactions of Co2+ ions with cysteine molecules/residues on the surfaces of the C-dots, non-photoluminescent CoxSy nanoparticles are formed. As-formed CoxSy nanoparticles and the C-dots further form aggregates in the solution, leading to PL quenching. The C-dot probe allows detection of Co2+ ions over a concentration range from 10 nM to 100 mu M (R-2 = 0.992). This reliable, rapid, sensitive, and selective C-dot probe has been utilized for the determination of the concentrations of Co2+ ions in vitamin B-12 and natural water samples.
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